Literature

two images side by side: on the left, the cover of the book Open Socrates and on the right, Judith Butler and Agnes Callard in a conversation

Events at Berkeley

Berkeley Talks: The case for a philosophical life, with Agnes Callard and Judith Butler

The scholars discuss how the work of the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates can help us to ask and answer life’s most important questions.

Fiona McFarlane holds an award for The Story Prize and smiles

Arts & culture

English Professor Fiona McFarlane’s ‘Highway Thirteen’ wins The Story Prize

Fiona McFarlane juxtaposed next to the cover of her book Highway 13

Arts & culture

In 12 short stories, ‘Highway Thirteen’ traces the ripple effects of one man’s violence

Ocean Vuong and Cathy Park Hong

Arts & culture

Berkeley Talks: Poet Ocean Vuong on disobedience and the power of language

Two young girls sit closely together in this scene from the HBO series

No. 1 book of the century, ‘My Brilliant Friend’, is subject of UC Berkeley research, courses

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Artists’ books shine in new exhibit at the UC Berkeley Library

Close up of Alisha Gaines

Berkeley Talks: Reconsidering Black America’s relationship to the plantation

Jeff MacKie-Mason, dressed in all black, sits on a couch and smiles for a portrait

Jeff MacKie-Mason has seen the future of libraries

Off-script at Berkeley: How one graduate made a home on campus apart from her twin

Two images side by side: The first is a book cover of The Ministry for the Future; second is Kim Stanley Robinson holding a mic while giving a talk

Berkeley Talks: Sci-fi writer Kim Stanley Robinson on the need for ‘angry optimism’

Saagar, with short dark hair and glasses, wearing a powder blue suit, holds a viola to his chin while standing in a courtyard

Berkeley Voices: Medieval song holds clues to lost dialects

Poulomi Saha

Berkeley Talks: Poulomi Saha on why we’re so obsessed with cults

Ishion Hutchinson

Berkeley Talks: Poet Ishion Hutchinson reads ‘The Mud Sermon’ and other poems

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UC Berkeley summer reading list for new students

images of three book covers: one that reads

Check out this year’s Library picks of books by LGBTQ+ authors

a book cover that reads

UC Berkeley alum Hua Hsu wins 2023 Pulitzer Prize